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The document discusses the origin and logic of Arabic numerals, also known as Hindu-Arabic numerals. It explains that the numbers from 1 to 9 represent the number of angles in their written form, with 1 having 1 angle and 9 having 9 angles. It notably points out that 0, which represents no angles, was invented by Indians and is crucial to mathematics without which math would not exist. The Arabs popularized these numerals widely but their origins can be traced back to Phoenician merchants who used them for counting and accounting.












